Brush



H. NlcKELs July 30, 1929.

BRUSH v Filed April 2, 1928 mmmlullmlllwww els MN IPH E Mmm Patented July 30, 1929.

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HARRY NICKELS, DECEASED, LATE F MDDLESBOROUGE, ENGLAND, BY ELLEN NICKELS, ADIVINISTRATRIX, 0F MD'DLESBROUGH, ENGLAND.

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Application filed April 2, 1928, .Serial No. 266,700, and in Great BrtainrApril 8, 1927.

This invention relates to brushes of the type wherein the tufts of bass, hair, wire or the like are permanently secured in one or more deformable holders of U or channel cross-section.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved holder for this type of brush. A tuft holder made in accordance with this invention is channel shaped and made of aluminium, steel, or other suitable material, tufts of bass, hair, wire,'or the like being disposed around the outer surface of said channel shaped holder, the ends being passed through holes or slots, in the holder near the outer longitudinal edges thereof, the borders of the holder outside the holes being adapted to be turned down outwardly so as to clip the tufts of bass, hair, wire, or the like in position, and means being provided whereby the said tufts are prevented from moving laterally along the holder.

The holder may be modified in detail con struction as will be evident from the several gures of the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. l is a plan view of a plate of suitable material suitably cut out in one form before it is bent and otherwise formed into the holder.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation of the plate shown in Fig. 1 and illustrating a further stage in the construction of the holder.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view showing the brush unit in its complete state.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation, one partthereof showing the brush unit complete, whilst the other part shews the channel shaped holder only.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a modified form of plate from which the holder is formed.

Referring to Figs. vl to 5, a plate a of suitable material such as aluminium, steel, or the like is stamped or otherwise formed into the shape shown in Fig. l, wherein I) are holes or slots formed in two rows near each longitudinal edge c of the plate a so as to leave borders or margins cl, (Z, and ribs e, e, between each adjacent hole in a row. Each end f of the plate a is formed with three tabs, a central one g, and two outer ones, h, L, each outer tab h, L, being disposed be 1I of bass, hair, wire or the like is then passed through each hole b in one side of the plate, then under the plate, and out through the holes b in the other side of the plate, as illustrated in Fig. 8. The platea is then bent upwardly about its medial longitudinal line into a U or channel shape, and the borders or margins (l d are bent further downwardly until they are approximately parallel to the arms of the U-shaped plate a when they are pressed so that the tufts of bass or the like z' are gripped tightly between the borders d, d, and the arms of the plate or holder a as shown in Fig. 1l. Bee fore the borders cl are pressed finally into position strips of cane j are placed between the tufts a' on the outer face of the holder a, so as to prevent, together with the ribs e e, the tufts z' from moving laterally along the holder a. The central tabs g at each end of the holder a are bent under the end tufts z', whilst the outer tabs It h are bent round the sides of the end tufts so as to retain them in position.

The holder al together with the tufts i 0f bass or the vlike are secured in the stock of the brush by any suitable means, for example, the channel shaped holderI may be inserted into a correspondingly shaped longitudinal groove in the stock and pins or will project into the ends of the channel shaped holders and so prevent the holders from being withdrawn until said pins or the like are withdrawn.

The holes b may be rectangular as shown in Fig. l, or circular as shown in Fig. 6, or any other suitable shape, and the holes in opposite rows may be exactly opposite each other as shown in Fig. l or staggered as shown in Fig. 6.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A tuft holder for brushes having a channel shape, and holes or slots near its outer longitudinal edges, tufts of flexible` material being disposed around the outer surface of said Channel shaped holder, 'the ends being passed through the holes yor slots in the holder near the outer longitudinal Q edges thereof.

2. A tuft holder .for brushes having a channel shape, and holes or slots near its outer longitudinal edges, tufts of eXible material being disposed around the outer surface of said vchannel shaped holder, the ends being passed through the holes or slots in the holdery near 'the outer longitudinal edges thereof the borders of the holder outside the holes being 'turned down outwardly so as `to clip the tufts in position.

3. A tuft holder for brushes having a channel shape, and holes orvslots near its outer longitudinal edges and means for preventing tufts from moving laterally of the holder, tufts 'of V'flexible n1aterial"being disposedaround the outerl surface of said chan- `nel shaped holder, the :ends `being passed through holes Vor slots .in 'the :holder near the outer longitudinal edges thereof, the bor- `ders of the holder outside the holes being adapted to be turned down outwardly so as vto oli'pthe tufts lin position, "and having packing strips disposed between adjoining tufts to Vprevent said vtufts from moving laterally ofthe holder.

yIn'testirnony whereof, 'Iafiix my signature.

' ELLEN NlGKLS,

Administra-rim of Harry 'No/cells, 1916- ceased. 

